Quentin Tarantino reveals Tom Waits auditioned for 'Reservoir Dogs'

Director Quentin Tarantino arrives at the Weinstein Company & Netflix 2016 Golden Globes after party in Beverly Hills on January 10, 2016. File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI | License Photo

Actor Kurt Russell is joined by filmmaker Quentin Tarantino during a double star unveiling ceremony honoring Russell and his partner, actress Goldie Hawn with the 2,609th and 2,610th stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on May 4. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

Musician and singer Tom Waits, a cast member in the motion picture crime comedy "Seven Psychopaths," attends the premiere of the film at the Bruin Theatre in Los Angeles on October 1, 2012. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

"A lot of really wild people came in and read for the parts. Tom Waits came in and read. I had Tom Waits read the Madonna speech, just so I could hear Tom Waits say [character Mr. Brown's analysis of Madonna's 'Like a Virgin' song.] Other than Harvey, he gave me one of the first, profound compliments on the script," Tarantino recalled at a recent Tribeca Film Festival panel discussion marking the 25th anniversary of the movie. "He said: 'The script's great. It's poetry.' No one had ever called my work poetic before. By a poet no less. That was pretty good."

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Waits ultimately did not appear in the movie and Tarantino cast himself as Mr. Brown. The ensemble also included Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth and Steve Buscemi, as well as the late Lawrence Tierney and Chris Penn.